One of the big knocks on the idea of Edmonton sending an offer sheet to soon-to-be restricted free agent defenceman Dougie Hamilton is the idea that such a move carries excessive risk, that the Boston Bruins rearguard is a promising … Continue reading →

Dale Tallon cannot tell a lie. He knew Aaron Ekblad was good, just not this good.
The 18-year-old Ekblad, youngest player in the NHL, might be Drew Doughty good, although with a bigger chassis at 225 pounds. Not Doughty good … Continue reading →

Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban gets tangled up with Martin St. Louis of the New York Rangers along the boards during the Eastern Conference final at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 29, 2014.

I’m sure the Montreal Canadiens would like to pay P.K. Subban what fellow defenceman Kris Letang got from the Pittsburgh Penguins — eight years, $58 million — when they hammer out Subban’s new long-term deal this summer, but he might … Continue reading →

Here are 15 observations through the first round of the NHL playoffs:
1. Nathan MacKinnon might have a wrist-shot as rippingly accurate as his Colorado Avalanche boss, Joe Sakic, and that’s saying something. Now, if he can come anywhere near … Continue reading →

Ask the NHL rank-and-file to vote on the game’s best player, and I’d say 70 per cent of them would scribble C-R-O-S-B-Y.
But Sidney Crosby, the superstar Pittsburgh Penguins captain, has won only one most-valuable player award and he’s been … Continue reading →

After watching Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and Duncan Keith control the play on the Canadian back-end at the Olympics, it’s obvious stud defencemen are worth their weight in gold.
All three of those guys can play close to 30 minutes … Continue reading →

Team Canada only beat Norway 3 to 1 on the scoreboard, but the real dominance of the Canadian team could be seen when it came to scoring chances.
When it came to hard or dangerous shots on net from the … Continue reading →

If you thought there was an outcry when Bobby Ryan (four 30-goal seasons) didn’t make Team USA for the Sochi Olympics, watch the shots blowing hard if P.K. Subban doesn’t make Canada’s squad.
But it won’t happen. Subban will be … Continue reading →

– Dallas Stars centre Tyler Seguin has scored 26 points on the road, second most in the National Hockey League, while teammate Jamie Benn is third with 24 points. Homers they are not, and they’re dragging 18-year-old rookie Valeri Nichushkin … Continue reading →

– Los Angeles Kings head coach Darryl Sutter on the value of high-end defencemen: “The best teams in the league have four defencemen who could be everybody else’s Nos. 1 and 2. It’s not minutes played so much as playing … Continue reading →